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April reviews Your guide to the best new recordings, DVDs and books

53 Music festivals

32 Sharon Isbin

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122 Recording of the Month

Federico Colli Scarlatti Sonatas Vol. 2 ‘Colli’s springy touch… is marvellously responsive to the passing weather in this beautifully contrived landscape’

124 Orchestral 129 Concerto 132 Opera 134 Choral & Song 138 Chamber 142 Instrumental

147 Screen 148 Brief Notes 150 Jazz 153 Books

155 Audio 156 Reviews index

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